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Anja Marschall

Anja Marschall

Research Fellow

Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft/Exegese des Alten Testaments
Institutsgebäude
Beethovenstraße 25, Room 414
04107 Leipzig

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Abstract

I have been a research assistant at the Department of Theology and Exegesis of the Old Testament headed by Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Schüle since January 2022. From 2017-2021 I was funded by a doctoral scholarship of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst. My research interests include individual identity and self-experience in the Old Testament, lament texts and their reception, and Old Testament intellectual history. In July 2023, I completed my doctoral project focusing on lament texts found in the Psalms and the Book of Job. My thesis examines how traditional truths are being rethought and how traditional forms of prayer are creatively adapted to deal with distress.

Currently, I am designing my postdoctoral project at the intersection of ancient epistemology and Old Testament theology.


I am a member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and the European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS). I have two children born in 2017 and 2019.


Professional career

  • since 01/2022
    Research assistant at the Department of Theology and Exegesis of the Old Testament (Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Schüle)
  • 10/2017 - 12/2021
    Lecturer at the Department of Theology and Exegesis of the Old Testament (Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Schüle)
  • 05/2017 - 12/2021
    Doctoral scholarship holder of the evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst

Education

  • 07/2023
    Defense and acceptance of the dissertation „Klage als Ausdruck undAneignung in den Psalmen und im Hiobbuch,“ grade summa cum laude
  • 10/2009 - 07/2016
    Studies of Protestant theology at the University of Leipzig, degree Diplom

Research focus

  • Individual identity and critical self-experience in the Old Testament
  • Lament in the Psalms and the Book of Job
  • Time- and language-philosophical implications of Old Testament lament
  • Lament as a means of reflecting on self and faith, both in the Hebrew Bible and in the reception of the texts; possibilities, opportunities, and challenges of lament in worship.
  • Intellectual history and ideas in the Old Testament and the Ancient World
  • Creative expression and female liberties in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible

  • Marschall, A.
    Hiobs Vaterschaft und die Trauer um seine Kinder. Eine Relektüre des Hiobbuches
    AVAR. 2023. 2 (1). pp. 153–198.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/aijls.v2i1.2028
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  • Marschall, A.
    A Doe’s Call Grows into Lament: The Comparison with the Doe in Psalm 42:1 and its Meaning for the Description of the Næpæš
    Vetus Testamentum. 2021.
    DOI: 10.1163/15685330-bja10079
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  • Marschall, A.; Schüle, A. (Eds.)
    Exodus und Erzeltern in Deuterojesaja
    Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt. 2023.
    ISBN: 978-3-374-07219-4
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  • Marschall, A.
    God as a Witness against Divine Justice. Developing Job's Ideas on Divine Righteousness in Job 3-19
    In: Coetsee, A.; Villjoen, F. (Eds.)
    Biblical Theological Investigations into the Righteousness of God. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2024. pp. 29–50.
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more publications

  • Lecture "History of Israel and Judah"

    The lecture provides an overview of Israel and Judah's history from their inception until the Hellenistic period. It is intended for diploma, BA, and teaching students.

  • Seminar/Lecture "Old Testament Biblical Studies"

    The seminar aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the writings of the Old Testament and at the same time serves as preparation for the biblical studies exam. It is especially aimed at first-year students.

  • Seminar "Lament in the Book of Job"

    The seminar examines Job's lamentations, identifying his sufferings and proposed solutions.

    The interdisciplinary course covers not just the typical Old Testament questions of genre and history, but also delves into systematic-theological issues and psychological research topics such as mourning, trauma, and loss of identity.

  • Advanced Seminar "In Search of the Soul: Old Testament and Systematic Theological Anthropology in Conversation" (in cooperation with Andreas Schüle and Roderich Barth)

    There has been a recent resurgence of interest in the concept of the "soul" within theological research. Does the human being in the multiplicity of his physical and psychic life processes "occur once again in himself" (N. Luhmann)? If so, how can this integral function be described? Could the soul serve as the foundation for theological anthropology? The seminar examines these questions comparatively from an Old Testament and systematic theological perspective.

  • Advanced Seminar "Lament in the Old Testament" (in cooperation with Andreas Schüle)

    The significance of "lament" for the theology of the Old Testament is increasingly attracting the interest of researchers. What types of experiences and emotions are being conveyed in this expression? What is the meaning of lament as prayer? What attitudes and expectations are associated with lament - solidarity, protest, salvation? These and other questions will be explored in the seminar on the basis of selected Old Testament and ancient texts.